Why do we never see this during the regular season? That's one inter-league matchup I'd love to see.
Bud doesn't want his old team embarrassed.

PeoriaSoxFan

02-20-2008, 08:26 AM

I totally agree with the premise of this thread. I would rather have them in the mix than play the Cubs six times. Also, why do we play Pittsburgh every year? I should be grateful, but I don't get the fact that we are now playing them three years in a row. The Brewers a former division rival and we never see them, despite the fact they are less than 90 miles away.

SOXPHILE

02-20-2008, 10:18 AM

I totally agree with the premise of this thread. I would rather have them in the mix than play the Cubs six times. Also, why do we play Pittsburgh every year? I should be grateful, but I don't get the fact that we are now playing them three years in a row. The Brewers a former division rival and we never see them, despite the fact they are less than 90 miles away.

Actually, before they made the switch to the NL in 1998, the Brewers were in the old A.L. East along with the Tigers, Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, Indians and Blue Jays. The White Sox were in the West, along with the Mariners, Angels, A's, Rangers, Twins, & Royals.

ZombieRob

02-20-2008, 10:35 AM

Actually, before they made the switch to the NL in 1998, the Brewers were in the old A.L. East along with the Tigers, Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, Indians and Blue Jays. The White Sox were in the West, along with the Mariners, Angels, A's, Rangers, Twins, & Royals.
They Still played 12 times a year if I remember correctly. Royals and Brewers were a bigtime rivalry in the 70's early 80's

sox1970

02-20-2008, 10:39 AM

They Still played 12 times a year if I remember correctly. Royals and Brewers were a bigtime rivalry in the 70's early 80's

Yes, the AL played 4 series against every other team in the league. One weekday/one weekend series home and away. What a concept.

ZombieRob

02-20-2008, 11:14 AM

Yes, the AL played 4 series against every other team in the league. One weekday/one weekend series home and away. What a concept.
Miss those days.I know interleague draws numbers, but I truly hate it. I'd rather see the Sox play more A.L teams than the N.L .

btrain929

02-20-2008, 11:48 AM

Because the White Sox vs Pirates is a bigger draw, of course.

chisoxmike

02-20-2008, 11:55 AM

That's one inter-league matchup I'd love to see.

Why?

I don't get the Brewers love on this site.

Beer Can Chicken

02-20-2008, 12:36 PM

Why?

I don't get the Brewers love on this site.

Old rivals, good road trip.
I personally think it should be an annual series. I never understood why the Brewers and Selig never pushed for it seeing as a major selling point of interleague play was to create local rivalries. Plus, a weekday SOX series in Milwaukee would draw tons of people. I'd love 1 Cubs, 1 Brewers instead of 2 Cubs/season.

WhiteSoxJunkie

02-21-2008, 09:44 PM

Actually, before they made the switch to the NL in 1998, the Brewers were in the old A.L. East along with the Tigers, Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, Indians and Blue Jays. The White Sox were in the West, along with the Mariners, Angels, A's, Rangers, Twins, & Royals.

From 94-97, the AL Central had the White Sox, Brewers, Royals, Twins, and Indians. So they were division rivals for four years.

Sad

02-22-2008, 09:54 AM

Old rivals, good road trip.
I personally think it should be an annual series. I never understood why the Brewers and Selig never pushed for it seeing as a major selling point of interleague play was to create local rivalries. Plus, a weekday SOX series in Milwaukee would draw tons of people. I'd love 1 Cubs, 1 Brewers instead of 2 Cubs/season.

couldn't agree more...
can't remember how many old Brewers - SOX games I attended

seems like a no-brainer to me... but then we are talking Bud Selig :rolleyes:

KenBerryGrab

02-22-2008, 10:13 AM

That rivalry was fierce. More than a couple of times we almost got into dustups at County Stadium, especially in the later '80s-early '90s when the Sox owned them.

Chicken Dinner

02-22-2008, 10:19 AM

Old rivals, good road trip.
I personally think it should be an annual series. I never understood why the Brewers and Selig never pushed for it seeing as a major selling point of interleague play was to create local rivalries. Plus, a weekday SOX series in Milwaukee would draw tons of people. I'd love 1 Cubs, 1 Brewers instead of 2 Cubs/season.

It's not good for TV and what FOX wants, FOX gets.

rookieroy

02-22-2008, 10:21 AM

I've been saying this for years. I'm dying to go to Milwaukee to see the Sox play. For the life of me, I don't understand why this doesn't happen every year. You know the players and staff would love to make a 90 mile drive instead of all the airplane/hotel crap that needs to be dealt with on long trips. I understand that still needs to be dealt with, but, it is minimal.

Same goes for St.Louis. We should be playing there or vice versa. Makes no sense to me. How 'bout it Brooks? What gives?

russ99

02-22-2008, 10:23 AM

That rivalry was fierce. More than a couple of times we almost got into dustups at County Stadium, especially in the later '80s-early '90s when the Sox owned them.

at the very least, let's have an exhibition series there. we havent had a game there since 2005.

billcissell

02-22-2008, 04:14 PM

Agree. Sox and Brewers had a fierce rivalry going in the late 80s, early 90s. It was a lot of fun going up to old Country Stadium for a weekend series. Thousands of Sox faithful would make the pilgramage up north. I believe we outnumbered Brewer fans on a few nights up there.

Sox-Pirates? Does nothing for me. But I would like to see the Sox and Brewers play. And I'd love to have a good reason to visit Miller Park.

Law11

02-22-2008, 04:48 PM

I think the last time I saw the Sox up there was an exhibition game a few years ago just before the season started. There were tons of sox fans up there just for that one game..

I like many miss heading up there for the Sox games... Some of the best weekends I ever had were the roadtrips for the sox games in brew town.